US issues travel alert for southeastern Tunisia

In a travel warning out Friday, the State Department warns that Islamic State group jihadists have targeted Tunisian security officials, tourists and civilians in the regions. Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, has suffered from jihadist violence since the 2011 revolution that ousted longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. A raid on the Libyan frontier town of Ben Guerdane, blamed on the IS group, killed 20 people in March.